Google Maps Now Lets You Time Travel Through Its Street View Archives

Ever wanted to time travel? As long as you're primarily interested in visiting some time between 2007 and the present, and a place that easily reachable by car, and you're in luck. As of Wednesday, Google is putting past images from its Street View service online, to be matched up with the most recent take. Since the company has visited many major routes multiple times since starting their project to collect the globe, it's now possible to see how places have changed over time.

A neighborhood in Japan in July 2008, left, and in August 2011, after a major earthquake hit, right. (AP/Google) \
This image shows what the Howard Theater in Washington looked like in July 2009, left, and after renovation in May 2012, right.. AP/GoogleGoogle Google

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